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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1952
Page
2
Mary Ann Huff, a 30 year old polio survivor in California, manages family life from an iron lung using a customized telephone interface. She coordinates groceries clothing and barber appointments by phone while her husband and two sons assist, aiming for independence.
U S Army in Berlin asks Soviet authorities to assist in finding Second Lieutenant Horace J. Sincore of Homestead Florida who disappeared a week earlier near the Wannsee Lake Island just east of Gliendicke Bridge separating the U S Sector from the Soviet Zone. Maj Gen Lemeus Mathewson notified Sergein Dengin of the Soviet Control Commission, and two U S soldiers who crossed the border were detained while a formal request for their return was sent.
Raymond Kirkhoff 52 Martinsburg drunk fined 10.75 Clinton Westy 32 Portamouth colored drunk 9.75 John R. Jackson 43 Baltimore colored drunk 9.25 Bryant 8. Spicer 64 Orange drunk 9.25 James Westy 45 Berryville H Durr Winchester drunk 14.25 Norman DeHaven 52 221 N Cameron St disturbing the peace 60 days suspended costs 4.25 Paul R. Spriggs 37 Alexandria no operator license 10.25 Mae G. Taylor 42 Clearbrook reckless Tk 14.25 Richard F. Harrison 46 Warrenton running stop sign 10.25.
After Thanksgiving the Hot Point House of the Fifies became the private residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Molden, following a month of public access. More than 25 000 visitors from 38 companies demonstrated the electrified home, with guests from 97 Virginia cities and towns and 54 West Virginia, 41 Maryland, 37 Pennsylvania, 11 New York entries. Mrs Ralph Marker of Opequon won a Hot Point dishwasher.
Vernon Eddy librarian of the Handley Library will be guest speaker at the Lions Club luncheon tomorrow at 12 18 p m at the George Washington Hotel. He will discuss the library and Judge Handley and his connection with Winchester.
The Virginia Supreme Court upheld Clarke County Circuit Court ruling awarding damages to Susie Bailey administratrix in a suit against Northern Virginia Power Co. for the 1949 electrocution death of Jesse J. Bailey while carrying a 24 foot ladder in an H. F. Byrd Inc. orchard. The court found negligence due to high tension wires only 24 feet above ground and the orchard existing before the power line easement.
After surviving the hunting season, an eight point buck was struck and killed by a car on Route 50 west of town around 9 p.m. Saturday. Francis E. Carlisle of St. Paris Ohio, driving a 1950 Plymouth, could not stop in time. Car damage was about $150.
Aldrich to head American U N delegation succeeds Walter S. Gifford as chairman of the board at Chase National Bank and as a director at several major firms. The Harvard graduate, 67, expressed pride in serving his country and following his old friend Gifford, also 67, in the post.
The article notes Tobin claiming more than a million supporters and backing from the communications workers union along with a group of CIO unions. Michael J. Quill leads the smaller union bloc and vows to push Haywood’s cause to the convention floor while major CIO leaders seek to avoid an open fight. Reports say the Steelworkers union under David J. McDonald may switch to Reuther if a Reuther win seems certain.
United Nations progress slowly toward a vote on the Indian compromise for a Korean truce amid Soviet and Chinese opposition. VK Krishna Menon prepared a final statement as Andrei Vishinsky pressed to speak again, while Western powers seek safeguards against forcible repatriation and a cease fire clause.
Mrs Lily Wright Locke 84 died at 6 15 pm Saturday at her daughter Mrs Harry Elliott near Wadesville She was born in Stephens City on June 20 1868 daughter of the late Jacob Lemley and Anna Belle Bradford Lemley of Frederick County Her husband James R Locke preceded her in death She lived in the Wadesville area For survivors include one brother Harry Lemley Stephens City five grandchildren and five great grandchildren Funeral services 2 pm tomorrow at John H Enders Funeral Home Berryville conducted by Rev coal B Burleson of Milwaukee Burial Mount Hebron Cemetery
The Mt Williams Hunt Club hosts its annual deer season banquet Saturday at 7 30 p m in the Mt Williams Community Hall. After a weather delay the event honors 35 members who took 10 deer this season, with a shirt tail cutting for those who did not bag venison.
In Korea a 21 year old Marine writing a letter to his wife by a bunker slit is killed by a Communist mortar shell. He had learned his wife had a son and his platoon valued him for his humor. The blast ends the scene as he clutches his neck.
Winston Churchill resumed official duties following a family birthday dinner marked by a 40 pound cake shaped like his square black hat. The event celebrated his 78th birthday and public life.
At Rev J Floyd Wine home a Shawnee District Leadership Teacher Training Institute is planned for February 2 to 13 with six sessions on alternate nights. Dean Rev Wine leads Calvary Church of the Brethren in Front Royal Road. Classes cover Worship planning and Religion in personal and social life taught by Rev Robert Bradford and Rev Walter Bowman.
Ralph Beveridge of the Virginia Division American Cancer Society announced a new distribution center for cancer dressings in the Fairfax County Chapter office in the Jesse Building. Dressings are free in 12 sizes, supplied by volunteers to residents across Clarke, Fauquier, Fairfax, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William, and Shenandoah counties. Alexandria Arlington and Warren Counties will continue via local chapters.
December sales announce auctions by W D Orndorff. Items include livestock farm machinery harness feed house hold goods and antiques. Estates of Mrs Jessie Dearmont and Landon Kackley list two Clarke County farms Fairview and Brookside with Roy Duvall as auctioneer.
Bayliss and Patterson hosted the debut display of the 1953 Crosley and Bendix appliances on Friday and Saturday. Elsie Earls received an automatic Bendix waste disposer. Other gifts went to Bruce McKinney Loydise Kay Snider and Mrs Richard Luddith. Attendance reached 2 804 people.
Answers list includes Pittsburgh Carthage must be destroyed John Keets No Debussy The Black Death John Adams Greece and Turkey Adeline Secretary of the Treasury. The item compiles ten answers for a Page 4 quiz in a vintage newspaper style.
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